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Scylla olivacea, commonly known as the orange mud crab, is a commercially important species of mangrove crab in the genus Scylla. It is one of several crabs known as the mud crab and is found in mangrove areas from Southeast Asia to Pakistan, and from Japan to northern Australia.
Short description Morphology. Carapace brownish to brownish green in color (sometimes orangish), palm orange to yellow. Biology Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Most common species of Scylla in markets in Sundaic Southeast Asia and Thailand. Intertidal to subtidal, estuarine, found on mangroves (Ref. 106854 ).
Scylla olivacea. Family Portunidae. Size: up to 18 cm, Indo-West Pacific. This is the most valuable local crab sold in markets (often incorrectly referred to as S. serrata ). These crabs are caught in traps or hooked out of their burrows during low tide.
Dec 2, 2023 · Mature Scylla olivacea migrate offshore (up to 50 km) to spawn. Spawned eggs attach to the pleopod hairs of the abdominal flap. Eggs hatch into zoea and pass through five zoeal stages, after...
Mar 5, 2021 · For these reasons, mud crab Scylla olivacea is a highly exploited species associated with mangrove ecosystems because of over-harvesting.
Scylla olivacea. (Herbst, 1796) (of Cancer olivacea Herbst, 1796) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band.
Apr 18, 2022 · The red mud crab (Scylla olivacea Herbst, 1796) is pretty common and abounds in adjacent wetlands of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans (Khatun et al., 2009). As a potential aquaculture species, it is also well known as the orange mud crab and has high nutritional value with good market acceptability (Muhd-Farouk et al., 2019 ).
